Thursday 12th May and Friday 13th May 2022
IET Savoy Place London and Online
The Greenhouse Gas Removal Programme (GGR-A) and the Greenhouse Gas Removal Demonstrators Programme (GGR-D) look forward to welcoming you to this two-day event which will showcase the latest GGR research & innovation and highlight its role in effective, sustainable and equitable climate action.
These pages provide information for both days of the event, whether you are attending the event in-person or joining online. Please scroll down to see the Agenda and click on the Exhibitors page to learn about the projects participating in the Innovation Showcase.
If you are attending online, please register to access talks, panels and breakout sessions, submit questions and participate in polls from the Live page.
Agenda
Results from the GGR-A Programme and next steps for research
Day One will focus on knowledge exchange between the two research programmes, involving academic researchers and programme stakeholders. It will present the main outcomes from the recently-completed Greenhouse Gas Removal Programme and include discussions on the next steps for GGR research and on pulling through knowledge for the new Greenhouse Gas Demonstrators Programme.
A public event will take place in the evening
10.00 Registration and refreshments
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10.30 Welcome and introduction
10.35 The Greenhouse Gas Removal Programme (GGR-A) - Dr Phil Renforth, Heriot-Watt University
10.45 GGR-A consortium project presentations – key findings and high-level outcomes, followed by Q&A
Chair: Simon Howe, UKRI
Greenhouse gas removal by enhanced weathering (GGREW) – Professor Aidong Yang, University of Oxford
Feasibility of afforestation and biomass energy with carbon capture and storage for GGR (FAB-GGR) – Dr Nem Vaughan, University of East Anglia
Soils research to deliver greenhouse gas removals and abatement technologies (Soils-R-GGREAT) – Professor Pete Smith, University of Aberdeen (online)
Comparative assessment and region-specific optimisation of greenhouse gas removal – Dr Piera Patrizio, Imperial College London
11.50 GGR-A topic-specific presentations – key findings and high-level outcomes, followed by Q&A
Assessing the mitigation deterrence effects of GGRs (AMDEG) – Dr Nils Markusson, Lancaster University
Greenhouse gas removal in the land sector – addressing the gaps (GGRiLS-GAPS) – Dr Joanna House, University of Bristol
Co-delivery of food and climate regulation by temperate agroforestry (CALIBRE) – Dr Martin Lukac, University of Reading
New methodologies for removal of methane from the atmosphere – Professor Euan Nisbet, Royal Holloway
Metrics for emissions removal limits (MERLiN) – Professor Simon Tett, University of Edinburgh
Greenhouse gas removal in the iron and steel industry – Dr Phil Renforth, Heriot-Watt University
Harmonising and upgrading greenhouse gas removal consequential life cycle assessment (UP-green-LCA) – Professor Neil Harris, Cranfield University
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12.45 Lunch
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13.45 An introduction to the Greenhouse Gas Removal Demonstrator Projects (GGR-D), followed by Q&A
Chair: Dr Jennifer Swarbrick, BBSRC
Peatland restoration – Professor Chris Evans, UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology
Enhanced rock weathering – Dr Chris Pearce, National Oceanography Centre, Southampton
Biochar – Professor Colin Snape, University of Nottingham
Woodland creation and management – Professor Ian Bateman, University of Exeter
Perennial biomass crops – Dr Jeanette Whitaker, UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology
CO2RE Hub - Professor Cameron Hepburn, University of Oxford
14.45 Breakout panel discussions: Lessons learned from GGR-A for impact in GGR-D
Climate change scenarios and modelling
Responsible Innovation and EDI
Regulation, barriers, governance
Life Cycle Assessment
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15.45 Break
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16.00 Reporting back from breakout panel discussions - What is missing from the research landscape?
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16.30 Drinks Reception
17.30 Close
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Day One Public Event
17.30 - 18:30 Greenhouse Gas Removal – Getting it right for people and the planet
For further details about this session and to register, please click on the link
The UK Greenhouse Gas Removal Landscape
Day Two will connect policymakers, technology innovators, businesses, investors, environmental organisations and academics. It will present plans for the Greenhouse Gas Removal Demonstrators Programme and showcase the state-of-the art in GGR strategies in the UK, as well as bringing in perspectives from senior experts in other countries, including Germany and the US.
9.30 Registration and refreshments
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10.00 Welcome
Dr Lizzie Garratt, NERC
Dr Jennifer Swarbrick, BBSRC
Professor Cameron Hepburn, University of Oxford
10.10 Keynote: Greenhouse gas removal in the government’s Net Zero Strategy
Professor Mark Taylor, Deputy Director – Energy Innovation, Department for Business, Energy & Industry Strategy
10.20 Keynote: Greenhouse gas removal and its links to wider UK environment aims
Professor Gideon Henderson, Chief Scientific Advisor, Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
10.30 Introduction to the Greenhouse Gas Removal Demonstrators Programme (GGR-D)
Dr Steve Smith, University of Oxford
10.45 The Five GGR-D Demonstrator Projects
Biochar – Dr Rob Brown, Bangor University
Enhanced rock weathering – Dr Chris Pearce, National Oceanography Centre, Southampton
Peatland restoration – Professor Chris Evans, UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology
Woodland creation and management – Professor Ian Bateman, University of Exeter
Perennial biomass crops – Professor Iain Donnison, University of Aberystwyth
10.55 Q&A: Taking stock – the state of UK GGR research & policy
Dr Emily Cox, University of Oxford
Jo Warner, Deputy Director – Net Zero Frameworks, BEIS
Professor Mark Taylor, BEIS
Professor Gideon Henderson, DEFRA
Dr Steve Smith, University of Oxford
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11.30 Break and Innovation Showcase
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12.10 Panel discussion: Green Shoots – Scaling GGR rapidly, effectively, sustainably and equitably
Moderator: Tom Previte, Carbon Removal Show
Ita Kettleborough, Energy Transitions Commission
Laith Whitwham, Aldersgate Group
Liz Bowles, Soil Association
Judith Thornton, Aberystwyth University
Ruth Herbert, Carbon Capture & Storage Association (CCSA)
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13.00 Lunch and Innovation Showcase
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14.00 Panel discussion: Offshore – How is GGR developing elsewhere, and what does this mean for the UK?
Moderator: Daisy Dunne, Carbon Brief
Dr Jennifer Wilcox, US Department of Energy
Professor Jia Li, Hong Kong University
Dr Oliver Geden, SWP Berlin
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14:50 Short break
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15.00 Panel discussion: Who is investing in GGR, and why?
Moderator: Pilita Clark, Financial Times
Vicky West, Forestry Commission
Caitlin Wale, Counteract
Katharina Kort, Bank of America
Alberto Arribas, Microsoft
15.50 Closing remarks
Professor Jim Watson, Chair of Advisory Panel, GGR-D Programme & Professor of Energy Policy, UCL
16.00 Close